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| -rw-r--r-- | markdown/__init__.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/markdown/__init__.py b/markdown/__init__.py index 0ca0509..2bc7061 100644 --- a/markdown/__init__.py +++ b/markdown/__init__.py @@ -243,8 +243,12 @@ class Markdown: if not source.strip(): return u"" # a blank unicode string - # if this raises UnicodeDecodeError, that's the caller's fault. - source = unicode(source) + try: + source = unicode(source) + except UnicodeDecodeError, e: + # Customise error message while maintaining original trackback + e.reason += '. -- Note: Markdown only accepts unicode input!' + raise source = source.replace(util.STX, "").replace(util.ETX, "") source = source.replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n") + "\n\n" |